W. Michael Blumenthal Lectures

Ruth Wodak:
Swing to the right?!
Ruth Wodak traces how a new “normality to the right” is establishing itself in many European countries (in German)
Lecture/Discussion
17 Oct 2019 (video recording available)

Seyla Benhabib:
The Global Refugee Crisis and the Challenge to Liberal Democracies
26 June 2018 (with video recording)
Lecture and discussion about the challenges migration poses to liberal democracies

José Casanova:
Secularisation or the Return of Religion?
16 March 2017 (with video recording; in German)
Discussion on the Relationship Between Religion and Secularity in European Societies